Europe Slovenia On Sunday, prices of regular petrol rose by around 8%, and diesel jumped over 20% on Saturday prices, after the government decided to end price administration
Europe Slovenia Slovenian defence spending to rise to almost €1 billion by 2026, with the programme set to advance the development and modernisation of priority capabilities and the restructuring of the armed forces and defence system
Europe Slovenia The municipality of Hrastnik, part of a coal-mining region undergoing economic transformation, is now home to Prapretno, the country's largest solar power plant
Europe Slovenia Alojz Kralj, the last remaining member of the clandestine anti-fascist organisation TIGR, has died at the age of 101, said TIGR Primorska, an association promoting anti-fascist values
Europe Slovenia After visiting Kiev last week, Prime Minister Jansa said EU countries should send diplomats back to the Ukrainian capital as a sign of support; the country will indeed soon reopen its embassy in Kiev
Europe Slovenia The prime ministers of Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic met Ukrainian President Zelensky and Prime Minister Shmyhal in Kyiv, a strong gesture of support for the country
Europe Slovenia The Slovenian language edition of Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary; launched in 2002 as the 16th language variant, it now boasts more than 175.000 articles, which puts it in the top 50 in terms of number of entries
Europe Slovenia The Slovenian Tourist Board has signed an agreement with Janja Garnbret, currently the world's best female climber, multiple world champion and Olympic gold medalist, who will become an ambassador for Slovenian tourism
Europe Slovenia Following the changeover to electronic vignettes on 1 February, the motorway company DARS has so far sold 748.800 electronic vignettes, 91% of which are annual
Europe Slovenia A report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows Ljubljana as the third greenest city in Europe
Europe Slovenia The Catholic Advocacy for Victims of Sexual Abuse in the Slovenian Catholic Church Dovolj.je has called for the appointment of a properly funded independent commission to investigate and crack down on those crimes as soon as possible
Europe Slovenia A solar power plant will be built on the site of the former coal mine Trbovlje-Hrastnik; with a capacity of 1.5MW, it will be among the largest in the country; work will start soon, depending on weather conditions
Europe Slovenia With yesterday's end of the Slovenian semester of EU Council Presidency, analysts have underlined how there have been poor results on the most important decisions, including the EU enlargement to the Western Balkans